tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64411669683993532182018-11-09T21:58:02.135-05:00Journalism & SocietyGeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-7639482480070066592017-10-31T08:53:00.000-04:002017-10-31T08:53:24.596-04:00Wouldn't You Like to Know, Weather Boy?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ehH9OQMQXIk?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="400"></iframe><br />A Nevada meteorologist was doing a live shot at a place that sells fireworks and he asked a kid standing nearby what are the best kind of fireworks to buy.<br /><br />The kid's response was Internet gold. It's been seen millions of times and has been turned into numerous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaX0lLb32yE">music tracks</a>.<br /><br />But it was a fake.<br /><br />The <a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/06/best-news-bloopers-weather-boy-nevada-ted-pretty-not-real-hoax-thats-his-son-video">kid is the son of the meteorologist</a>. Not sure if they planned the response but they clearly had staged the moment to make it seem real.<br /><br />After the kid's snarky remark, the meteorologist asks, "Where are your parents?'<br /><br />Should the meteorologist be punished for creating a piece of fiction? Does this incident undermine his credibility?<br /><br />Or does it not matter? It's just a fluff piece for the Fourth of July, you know?<br /><br /><br />Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-50164223631503573242017-09-12T12:44:00.002-04:002017-09-12T12:45:33.696-04:00Would You Want to Report From the Eye of a Hurricane?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPyEeHLE6g/WbgN4-Rxm1I/AAAAAAAAEGg/fIATriN94TMowRKO3QTrH4mn-k7ykRvcACLcBGAs/s1600/DJcbyLJW4AA1qwo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1334" height="223" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPyEeHLE6g/WbgN4-Rxm1I/AAAAAAAAEGg/fIATriN94TMowRKO3QTrH4mn-k7ykRvcACLcBGAs/s400/DJcbyLJW4AA1qwo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The recent hurricanes have been big news, impacting millions of people. In the run up to storms - and even during them sometimes, reporters have stood outside while the winds howled and the rains came crashing down.<br /><br />Does that help to explain the severity of the event?<br /><br />Or, is this grandstanding, hoping that something unusual will occur, thus making for dramatic television?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/business/media/hurricane-irma-broadcasts-safety.html?mcubz=3">Do we need to see these reporters in the field during such dangerous conditions</a>?<br /><br />Would you want to be that reporter?<br /><br /><br />Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-16373600020870524952017-08-30T00:35:00.000-04:002017-08-30T00:35:42.868-04:00Is it Reporting or Snitching?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inyf_xaPjsU/WaY-dftmKWI/AAAAAAAAEF8/FUU9duu7fxQL7wh8OApfDw71MOEyyaocwCLcBGAs/s1600/DIan2adUMAEP4EU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="639" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inyf_xaPjsU/WaY-dftmKWI/AAAAAAAAEF8/FUU9duu7fxQL7wh8OApfDw71MOEyyaocwCLcBGAs/s400/DIan2adUMAEP4EU.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://twitter.com/TomLlamasABC">A reporter covering the storm devastation in Houston</a> saw people taking food from a grocery store and he notified police.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/abc-news-reporter-criticized-on-twitter-for-calling-cops-on-texas-grocery-store-looters/">Did he overstep his role</a>? Should a journalist simply observe and then report?<br /><br />Or, if a journalist witnesses criminal activity, should they contact law enforcement?<br /><br />Are there <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abc-reporter-tom-llamas-slammed-as-a-snitch-for-calling-police-on-houston-looters-2017-08-29">extenuating circumstances</a> in this situation? You know, the area is totally submerged under water, the grocery store was likely closed (and stocked with food) and the locals who were trapped likely had nowhere else to get food.<br /><br />Would you have informed the cops?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tUTlwoQYtSY/WaY_ZO5UtJI/AAAAAAAAEGE/bG6svEEuPGERvumWFvRjzjJb2h5qzSd1QCLcBGAs/s1600/DIan2aaUMAEJgtI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="639" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tUTlwoQYtSY/WaY_ZO5UtJI/AAAAAAAAEGE/bG6svEEuPGERvumWFvRjzjJb2h5qzSd1QCLcBGAs/s320/DIan2aaUMAEJgtI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-27447921958838925602017-08-29T08:22:00.002-04:002017-08-29T08:24:25.682-04:00Bullies Are Bad But Should Emails Be News?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" scrolling="no" src="https://w3.cdn.anvato.net/player/prod/anvload.html?key=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" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="420"></iframe>A Chicago news anchor recently <a href="http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/chicago-anchor-shuts-down-negative-viewer-comments/193445">received several nasty emails about her appearance</a>.<br /><br />One writer said, "Why are your dresses, outfits so skin tight for a pregnant woman?"<br /><br />The anchor responded to the emails <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KristenNicoleFOX32/posts/10155572631771788">via a Facebook post</a>, which read:<br /><br />“To Karen, Gene and Sabrina who wrote to me today, use your time better. Pay someone a compliment. Do a good deed. To everyone else who has sent messages of congratulations and well wishes, you are keeping me motivated through these last 6 weeks.”<br /><div><br /></div><div>The next day, the anchor addressed the situation on air.</div><div><br /></div><div>Should the station have used air time to broadcast what was initially a private situation? Should they have turned the nasty emails into news? Aren't they just doing the story because it happened to one of their own?</div><div><br /></div><div>Or, are they doing their audience a service by taking the bullying incident and making it a larger situation because <a href="http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/pregnant-wrdw-anchor-laura-warren-fights-back-against-body-shamer/192099">it happened to a (relatively) famous person</a>? Are they using her experience as a vehicle to address the larger issue?</div><div><br /></div><div>Is there anything wrong with journalists doing stories about their personal experiences?</div>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-72212306020014463732017-04-12T18:21:00.003-04:002017-04-12T18:21:35.822-04:00Does the Victim's Background Matter?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CjTBt5_AzBg/WO6msl-jKKI/AAAAAAAAEDo/NBQLXLhgFiU0UBY6Ekx19whmhGnqZGkDwCLcB/s1600/UnitedPassenger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CjTBt5_AzBg/WO6msl-jKKI/AAAAAAAAEDo/NBQLXLhgFiU0UBY6Ekx19whmhGnqZGkDwCLcB/s400/UnitedPassenger.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>A <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-united-ceo-apology-dragged-passenger-0412-biz-20170412-story.html">United Airlines passenger was forcibly removed from a flight</a> after a situation revolving around an overbooked plane.<br /><br />In the follow-up stories, several news organizations pointed out that <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/04/11/david-dao-passenger-removed-united-flight-doctor-troubled-past/100318320/">the passenger had a criminal record</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://nypost.com/2017/04/11/doctor-dragged-off-flight-convicted-of-trading-drugs-for-sex/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPFacebook&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;sr_share=facebook">New York&nbsp;Post noted</a> that he is "a lung doctor with a taste for gambling, a history of angry outbursts — and a conviction for trading narcotics prescriptions and cash for gay sex in motels."<br /><br />Is that information relevant to the story?<br /><br />Or is that just salacious information that adds intrigue and controversy to the story of the man being dragged off the plane?<br /><br />Does the background of the victim become part of the story, even if the incident was completely unrelated?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-47650360400148590402017-03-02T12:15:00.000-05:002017-03-02T12:15:18.744-05:00Should Journalists Report on the Families of Former Politicians?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-92PzG4vufXo/WLhSQK0g4jI/AAAAAAAAEC8/2SE-zqo0tQAt5GmlKPT4IpnC14DU27Q4QCLcB/s1600/JoeBidenSonWidoePage6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-92PzG4vufXo/WLhSQK0g4jI/AAAAAAAAEC8/2SE-zqo0tQAt5GmlKPT4IpnC14DU27Q4QCLcB/s400/JoeBidenSonWidoePage6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The married son of former vice president Joe Biden is apparently <a href="http://pagesix.com/2017/03/01/widow-of-joe-bidens-deceased-son-having-affair-with-brother-in-law-hunter/">having an affair with his deceased brother's wife</a>.<br /><br />Is this newsworthy? Is this something that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/03/01/report-beau-bidens-widow-is-in-a-relationship-with-her-late-husbands-brother/?utm_term=.56c831cea6d6">news organizations should be reporting</a>?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-38281433672598199112017-02-23T10:53:00.003-05:002017-02-23T11:04:53.334-05:00Does Aggregating Trump Stories Show a Bias?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uI_pGcAxlNM/WK8Cju2nmVI/AAAAAAAAECs/8pIIiRRygMc_g6SyNJapyT26A9RyxyS8ACLcB/s1600/TrumpInquirer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uI_pGcAxlNM/WK8Cju2nmVI/AAAAAAAAECs/8pIIiRRygMc_g6SyNJapyT26A9RyxyS8ACLcB/s400/TrumpInquirer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://philly.com/">Philly.com</a> recently assigned a reporter to cover news about President Trump in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond.<br /><br />The first installment of <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/Trumpadelphia-.html">the ongoing series</a> ran yesterday. The intro to <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/Trumpadelphia-.html">the post</a> reads:<br /><br /><i>Our president makes a lot of news — almost too much to keep up with. So we're launching a daily roundup of Trump-related news and opinions, from Philadelphia and around the country.</i><br /><br />Many news organizations have <a href="http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-michael-memoli-staff.html">reporters who travel with presidents and document their activities</a>. Few have <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-a-fahrenthold">reporters dedicated to covering presidents without actually following them</a> as the presidents do their jobs.<br /><br />Is the Trump presidency different, and therefore warrants a different style of coverage?<br /><br />Does creating a beat about the president that doesn't directly report on the president show a particular bias?<br /><br />By aggregating stories about the president, are they at risk of appearing to have a political agenda?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-32228339420030428172017-02-14T12:47:00.001-05:002017-02-16T00:04:10.160-05:00"It is a Fact and You Will Not Deny It."<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CJRRA-4vBdg" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />What do you do when <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/13/stephen-millers-audacious-controversial-declaration-trumps-national-security-actions-will-not-be-questioned/?utm_term=.6cbed771e776">an interview subject</a> keeps making claims without substantiating them?<br /><br />Here are a few options:<br /><br />• Accept the statements. They are the official statements, right?<br />• Ask for sources of the information.<br />• Stop the interview once evidence is not provided.<br />• Never have this person on the show again.<br /><br />Did the interviewer here handle the situation well? What would you have done?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-58777124792012458252017-01-26T10:14:00.001-05:002017-01-26T10:22:16.061-05:00How Involved Can Journalists Be in The Subjects They Report Upon?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Bq4krPlDyM/WIoPCLU7KXI/AAAAAAAAECM/P2Z5K7ZX2KkqbU0S8bPSmqtyJNMPpSJxwCLcB/s1600/PandP2016h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Bq4krPlDyM/WIoPCLU7KXI/AAAAAAAAECM/P2Z5K7ZX2KkqbU0S8bPSmqtyJNMPpSJxwCLcB/s400/PandP2016h.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Did you know that members of the Baseball Writers Association of America are the ones who decide whether former baseball players get enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? It's true. Journalists vote to see who will go into the Hall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last week, in his column about this year's HOF nominees, Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist <a href="https://twitter.com/bobfordsports">Bob Ford</a> (left) stated that despite being a member of the BBWAA, he does not vote. <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/bob_ford/20170119_Ford__Baseball_has_Hall_of_a_mess.html">He wrote</a>:</span></span><br /><i><br /></i><i>"My belief is that journalists should not be in the position of attempting to impartially report on a process in which they are involved. We don't let political reporters serve on candidate nomination committees or the like, and the principle is the same."</i><br /><br />Do you agree?<br /><br />Does voting mean that journalists cannot report on the process without a sense of bias, or even hypocrisy?<br /><br />Or is he taking his role too seriously? <br /><br />How involved can journalists be in the subjects they are reporting upon? <br /><br />Can a finance reporter invest his/her money? Can a political reporter be registered as a Republican or Democrat? Does an education reporter need to think twice before sending their children to private schools?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-22234317582447604132017-01-19T09:28:00.001-05:002017-01-19T09:29:38.147-05:00Should the Anchor Shoot Hoops with the Globetrotters?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fU8rLv6iaqM" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />A Chicago morning news anchor was invited to play on the court with the Harlem Globetrotters when the team visited that region.<br /><br />The anchor posted some random video on YouTube, which the station then ran on air. As the video rolled, <a href="http://wgntv.com/2016/12/29/wgn-anchor-larry-potash-plays-with-harlem-globetrotters/">his colleagues made fun of him</a>.<br /><br />This brings about two questions:<br /><br />• Would you join the fun on the court?<br /><br />Remember, this is clearly a promotional stunt - the team allowed the anchor to play because the team knew they would get free publicity from it. But it's the Globetrotters! It's just a silly event, no?<br /><br />• Should the station have aired the video?<br /><br />On one hand, it seems like good marketing, right? Make your anchor look like a regular guy, build his brand and all. On the other hand, he's supposed to be a journalist, no? He's supposed to be reporting the news, not being the news, right?<br /><br />What do you think?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-56494903684926876132016-11-06T23:43:00.000-05:002016-11-06T23:51:36.417-05:00Look at Me. I'm Wearing a Costume. On TV.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EEvgpqcuLbg" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />A Minnesota weather person did the Halloween forecast without his head.<br /><br />Another meteorologist did the weather as though <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A03Ahbql5Mw">he was floating on a cloud</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM0zsqMtH2E">Two different weather people</a> did the forecast in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk9cgjGC1AI">T-rex costumes</a>.<br /><br />Do you have a problem with weather people wearing costumes? It's just the weather, right? These folks are supposed to be kind of goofy, right?<br /><br />Or, are they journalists, reporting information that impacts people's lives. They should behave appropriately, right?<br /><br />Thoughts?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-32328921035370929782016-10-31T22:06:00.001-04:002016-10-31T22:06:42.512-04:00Should The Media Out The Awful Fan?<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uD9Pr2NoRkw/WBf0S-ocnEI/AAAAAAAAEBA/3O8fx91arwQ12FdcfGJDl6pNBaLTIy1XwCK4B/s1600/SixersFan01.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uD9Pr2NoRkw/WBf0S-ocnEI/AAAAAAAAEBA/3O8fx91arwQ12FdcfGJDl6pNBaLTIy1XwCK4B/s400/SixersFan01.jpg" width="400" /></a>During the Sixers' first game this season, a fan had <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/sixers/Best-and-Worst-awards-from-Sixers-vs-Thunder.html">a confrontation with Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook</a>. The fan wound up giving Westbrook the finger (two actually) <a href="http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17897124">on live television</a>.<br /><br />Shortly afterward, that fan was <a href="https://twitter.com/CrossingBroad/status/791449521402372096">identified via social media</a>. Then, <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Idiot-76ers-fan-flips-off-Russell-Westbrook-gets-ejected-and-called-out-on-ESPN.html">the mainstream media picked up on the story</a> (that fan, apparently, is a urologist).<br /><br />Should the media have outed the fan?<br /><br />Are the media ruining the man's reputation by blasting his face and name all over the place?<br /><br />Or, did he sacrifice his privacy by making such gestures in such a public place?<br /><br />Also, would you run the video on TV without blurring or otherwise hiding the middle fingers? Would you run the picture in print unaltered?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-42452779011296203782016-10-20T08:44:00.000-04:002016-10-20T08:44:53.243-04:00Dei Lynam: "Everything I've Ever Done, I've Written for Myself."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NUe9R1LBM8c/WAixEK5WxtI/AAAAAAAAEAk/_y0P-gA6Jw0sVSaiBzaADpiQjiGEVmqZwCLcB/s1600/DeiLynamInClass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NUe9R1LBM8c/WAixEK5WxtI/AAAAAAAAEAk/_y0P-gA6Jw0sVSaiBzaADpiQjiGEVmqZwCLcB/s400/DeiLynamInClass.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://twitter.com/dlynamCSN">Dei Lynam</a> grew up around sports. Her <a href="http://www.nba.com/coachfile/jim_lynam/">father was a basketball coach in college and in the NBA</a>, so Dei experienced journalism first hand.<br /><br />"He had a lot of good friends who were journalists," she said in class. "They were fair to him."<br /><br />After growing up in the Philly region, her family moved to the West Coast. Dei wound up going to college at UCLA, where she studied psychology.<br /><br />"I looked at the comm classes and everybody looked the same," she recalled. "I didn't want to be in that cookie cutter mold."<br /><br />While at UCLA, she worked in the athletic department doing office work. She made valuable connections there, including with a person working at a new sports station in Los Angeles.<br /><br />"I called that guy every day," Dei remembered.<br /><br />Eventually, she began working for that station. That started her on her professional path in sports and journalism.<br /><br />She became a producer at NBA Entertainment for a few years before becoming a sports anchor/reporter at local news stations in Madison, WI and Cincinnati.<br /><br />"I was the first female weekend sports person at both places," Dei said.<br /><br />She eventually wound up back in the Philadelphia region when Comcast Sportsnet launched in 1997. She's been covering the <a href="http://www.csnphilly.com/philadelphia-76ers">Sixers</a>, among other things, ever since.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WHBXjBgeLms" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Here are a few things she said that stood out to me:<br /><br />• Her experiences behind the scenes, including learning how to edit video, made her feel qualified to do on-camera reporting.<br /><br />• When covering the Sixers, she often arrives at the arena by 10 am for morning shoot around. She'll do locker room interviews afterward, and then prep stories for the Internet. She'll do live shots for the afternoon newscasts and then return to the locker room for interviews before the game. She goes live during pre-game, then works the game and post-game reports, often ending her day after midnight. "I hope to have a glass of wine in hand by 12:30," she joked.<br /><br />• "Everything I've ever done, I've written for myself," she said. She does that because "I know it's going to be accurate," she said, and the words will sound more natural if they are written in her own voice.<br /><br />• She has never had any problems being a female reporter in sports locker rooms. But being a woman in sports can be a hurdle, she said. Sometimes, women aren't considered for certain jobs that have been traditionally held by men.<br /><br />• She went back to work within a few weeks after giving birth to her first child - out of loyalty to her job and because she wanted to make sure she kept her position. Dei suggested that if your employers offer three months of maternity or paternity leave, take it. You'll never get that time again.<br /><br />• She began covering the Sixers around the same time <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPJW21NzZek">Allen Iverson</a> joined the team. They became pretty close over the years. But it was a business partnership, Dei said.<br /><br />• Her news team had a conversation about reporting on the off-court antics of athletes despite potential conflicts of interest because the Sixers and Comcast were owned by the same company for a while. They decided, "If we want to be taken seriously as a news station, we have to cover the tough stuff," she said.<br /><br />• She does not do selfies with the famous people she meets. "I've never gotten an autograph before in my life," she said. "I won't help my kids either."<br /><br />• The industry is changing, she said. People are moving away from cable and streaming stuff. That has an impact on what gets covered in the news now.Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-26367733852622047742016-10-13T00:17:00.001-04:002016-10-13T00:19:23.165-04:00Is It Cool To Fanboy Out and Take a Selfie?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--QHxkdF1kRs/V_8IkM8lyKI/AAAAAAAAEAU/LO-4yw9p_c4wKh8qh2HlEEBdTL06qRGrACLcB/s1600/tumblr_mc4mojQwh51qagr2ko1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--QHxkdF1kRs/V_8IkM8lyKI/AAAAAAAAEAU/LO-4yw9p_c4wKh8qh2HlEEBdTL06qRGrACLcB/s400/tumblr_mc4mojQwh51qagr2ko1_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Is there anything wrong with a journalist asking for a selfie with the person they were just interviewing for a story?<br /><br />Does asking for the selfie turn the journalist into a fan, and therefore, their credibility is shot?<br /><br />Or is it <a href="http://petapixel.com/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-photo-snapshot-selfie-generation/">just a selfie</a>? You know, like, everyone does it. And it's <a href="http://j1111.blogspot.com/2012/10/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html">Anderson fricking Cooper</a>, right?<br /><br />Does it depend upon the situation? For example, if it's a serious story about politics and/or policy, probably no selfie, right? But if it's <a href="http://thatgrapejuice.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/beyonce-nicki-minaj-thatgrapejuice-600x598.jpg">Beyonce</a> ...<br /><br />Or are you sacrificing your integrity/professionalism every time you fanboy out and ask to do the selfie?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-40702010104106535842016-10-11T02:44:00.001-04:002016-10-11T02:44:59.840-04:00What The F**k, New York Times!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhyVyYuocU8/V_yG4gGR0kI/AAAAAAAAD_8/pO4z7srwg_s3KsDKaGZ5atjbWDCRWX1YwCLcB/s1600/DonaldTrumpBillyBush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhyVyYuocU8/V_yG4gGR0kI/AAAAAAAAD_8/pO4z7srwg_s3KsDKaGZ5atjbWDCRWX1YwCLcB/s400/DonaldTrumpBillyBush.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>When the video of presidential candidate Donald Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8FwWwIVyQ">speaking candidly about women</a> appeared, well, everywhere last week, journalists had to make very quick decisions about how to handle the language involved in the story.<br /><br />Many news organizations opted to use asterisks in the key words like <span id="goog_743278907"></span>f**k and p***y<span id="goog_743278908"></span>.<br /><br />But many outlets actually <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html">printed the full words</a> and even displayed them prominently.<br /><br />Here's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/public-editor/whyd-you-do-that-printing-donald-trumps-vulgarities.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&amp;smid=nytcore-iphone-share&amp;_r=0">how the New York Times justified the use of such coarse language</a> in print and online:<br /><br /><i>The argument against using the words was driven by a concern that it would be jolting to readers, especially given that the story would be played so prominently on page one, and that there were other ways we could signal what Trump said without relying on the actual vulgar words.</i><br /><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Ultimately we decided that the words themselves were newsworthy, and that omitting them or merely describing them or slyly hinting at them would not have been forthright with our readers.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Did they make the right decision?</div><div><br /></div><div>By running the full language, were they making a politically motivated decision? Should the potential impact of the words on the audience have been a factor in determining whether to use the full curse words?</div><div><br /></div><div>Would you have <a href="http://j1111.blogspot.com/2014/11/are-we-cool-with-py-now.html">printed the foul language</a> or would you have danced around the issue in order to maintain civility?</div>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-4816013169083806332016-10-01T14:14:00.001-04:002016-10-01T14:14:46.120-04:00Should News Organizations Endorse Candidates?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FE0P7NnUlr4/V-_7IcZ6nEI/AAAAAAAAD8w/OhMDR5wU8SowwL0fZXFE0-pG2G4x2rTxACLcB/s1600/USATodayTrumpEndorsement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FE0P7NnUlr4/V-_7IcZ6nEI/AAAAAAAAD8w/OhMDR5wU8SowwL0fZXFE0-pG2G4x2rTxACLcB/s400/USATodayTrumpEndorsement.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Newspapers and other news organizations often make endorsements during election cycles, explaining to their audiences why they believe people should vote one way or another.<br /><br />These endorsements usually run in the opinions section, which is usually made up of an entirely different staff than from those who create content elsewhere for the organization.<br /><br />For example, USA Today this week <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/">released an endorsement for anyone other than Donald Trump for president</a>. It's the first time in the 34 year history of the news organization that they took "endorsed" a candidate.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/09/28/endorse-johnson-president/91254412/">Should news organizations endorse candidates</a> (even though USA Today didn't really endorse anyone ... they advocated against a candidate)?<br /><br />Does this reveal an overall bias and thus overshadow all the other news produced by the outlet?<br /><br />Or is this good service journalism, helping their audiences process and understand elections and issues?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-11677140251190212972016-09-12T11:00:00.000-04:002016-09-12T11:00:20.627-04:00Journalists Are Supposed to Provide a Forum for Public Criticism, Right?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72g08RO8SDM/V9ETPo87nEI/AAAAAAAAD8U/-uAD0JIesFkqFYbpknnLp-jUO1E23_QBgCLcB/s1600/DailyCollegian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72g08RO8SDM/V9ETPo87nEI/AAAAAAAAD8U/-uAD0JIesFkqFYbpknnLp-jUO1E23_QBgCLcB/s400/DailyCollegian.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Temple will play Penn State in football this weekend and at some point during the festivities, Penn State will celebrate <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2016/09/penn_state_to_honor_50-year_an.html">the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno's first game as PSU's head coach</a>.<br /><br />Citing the conviction of a former football coach for sexual assault against children, the student-run newspaper took issue with the idea of celebrating Paterno:<br /><br /><i>"Paterno has not been a member of this university’s staff since 2011," <a href="http://www.collegian.psu.edu/opinion/editorials/article_ef670526-70c0-11e6-a202-1f38a58c7167.html">wrote Lauren Davis, the opinions editor at The Daily Collegian</a>. "He is no longer a community hero. Paterno was a remarkable part of this university for numerous years, and for that we have the right to be thankful. For those who attended Penn State while he was here, he has every right to remain a legend. He was a hero, and no one wants to see their hero fall.</i><br /><i><br />But in light of these past years — even these past few weeks — this is in no way the right time or manner to 'commemorate' him, if he even deserves to be so."</i><div><br /></div><div>The news organization has received hundreds of angry comments online.</div><div><br /></div>"How old is the idiot who wrote this?" asked a commenter whose occupation is listed as a teacher's assistant at a Catholic school.<div><br /></div><div>Other comments are much worse and some get rather personal.</div><div><br /></div><div>Multiple questions arise from this:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Even if this story is in the "opinions" section, is it acceptable for the journalist to take sides?</div><div>2. Would you be able to take an (apparently) unpopular opinion and put it into the world like this?</div><div>3. How would you react/respond to the critics? Would you state your case again or just allow them to vent?</div><div>4. As a journalist trying to be comprehensive, should you invite a leader of the opposite viewpoint to write their side of the story?</div><div>5. In a digital world, an essay like this could follow you. Some potential sources, employers, friends, whomever might find it and judge you based upon what you wrote. Would that make you reconsider the opinion or would you go for it anyway?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-86167285575093802552016-09-05T21:05:00.000-04:002016-09-05T21:38:26.298-04:00"Everyone Knows What's Ahead ..."<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ev1d5jRWjh4" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Did the media scare you away from the beach over the Labor Day weekend with their talk about the pending storm?<br /><br />Here's what a meteorologist wrote on Saturday for <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Hurricane-Schwartz-Hermine-behaving-like-a-worst-case-scenario-storm.html">philly.com</a>:<br /><br /><i>My advice: Stay home if you’re already inland. If you must go to the shore, plan on coming back tonight at the latest. And tell your friends and relatives the same thing (which I have done to my friends and relatives). If you live at the shore, be prepared to “hunker down” for a few days-perhaps without power, and perhaps cut off by flooded roads. And take everything off balconies, porches, and lawns and bring it inside.</i><br /><i><br /></i>And yet, area beaches were unscathed by Tropical Storm Hermine.<br /><br />So, <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20160905_Far-off_Hermine__near_hurricane_strength__ruins_Shore_s_Labor_Day_weekend.html">did the media mess up</a>? Did they hype up the storm because that draws eyeballs to their newscasts and stories?<br /><br />Or, were they simply reporting the information - including <a href="http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552016/approved/20160903a.html">the governor declaring a state of emergency for several counties</a> - that they had?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-37461822950714301722016-08-30T00:24:00.002-04:002016-08-30T00:28:56.567-04:00Does it Feel Good to Touch Down? What's the First Thing You're Going to Do? Michael? Mike? Mike?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5B_Gu61M8VM" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />When important or famous people arrive in town, it's not uncommon for journalists to greet them at the airport and ask them questions.<br /><br />So, when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps">Michael Phelps</a> landed in Arizona after the <a href="https://www.rio2016.com/en">Rio Olympics</a>, members of the media were there to greet him and ask him questions.<br /><br />Except this time, Phelps asked for privacy.<br /><br />Do you - as a journalist - continue pursuing him in order to get the story? After all, he is the most decorated Olympian of all time. Given that he had just won five gold and one silver medal and had announced his retirement, he seems very newsworthy, right?<br /><br />Or do you allow him space, and maybe try to get in touch a few days later? He deserves his privacy, right?<br /><br />What would you do? Is it wrong to <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/sport/olympics/701400/Michael-Phelps-TV-crew-interview">keep asking questions</a>, as the reporter in this video did?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-19780212552417153392016-04-12T08:55:00.001-04:002016-04-12T08:58:41.649-04:00Can Traditional News Outlets Use Comedy?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beP5Mgy_DPc/VwzsaRzgV4I/AAAAAAAAD4c/DQ7cdUnMLcoOKAK4sb_jte--LDbE50JPwCK4B/s1600/GOP2016TrumpBostonGlobe-054aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beP5Mgy_DPc/VwzsaRzgV4I/AAAAAAAAD4c/DQ7cdUnMLcoOKAK4sb_jte--LDbE50JPwCK4B/s400/GOP2016TrumpBostonGlobe-054aa.jpg" width="371" /></a></div>On Sunday, the Boston Globe ran <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boston-globe-trump-fake-front-page_us_5709b903e4b0885fb50d4f41">a satirical front page</a>, presenting news from one year in the future - if Donald Trump becomes the president of the United States.<br /><br />In the bottom, left corner of the paper, it reads:<br /><br /><i>"This is Donald Trump’s America.&nbsp;What you read on this page is what&nbsp;might happen if the GOP frontrunner&nbsp;can put his ideas into practice,&nbsp;his words into action. Many Americans&nbsp;might find this vision appealing,&nbsp;but the Globe’s editorial board&nbsp;finds it deeply troubling."</i><br /><i><br /></i>Inside the newspaper, <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/04/09/etrump/JPOQJZK9hUBdBx5rdPkWFK/story.html">they have an editorial that explains why they feel a Trump presidency would not be good for the country</a>.<br /><br />But should they have used their front page to make such a statement?<br /><br />The front page not only mocks a leading presidential candidate but it offers numerous other jokes: they list Kid Rock as the ambassador to Japan, they announce that Trump has won a Nobel Prize, and they say that Trump named his puppy after the wife of China's president.<br /><br />Does this help shed light on the the situation? Are they making the significant interesting and relevant? Or are they taking sides when they should simply be presenting the news?<br /><br />In an era when there is so much competition for readers, and readers are reluctant to absorb "boring" news, is satire acceptable from traditional news outlets? Or does this sacrifice their overall credibility?<br /><br />(You can find the full front page <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2797782/Ideas-Trump-front-page.pdf">here</a>).Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-77376608096106724282016-02-13T09:09:00.002-05:002016-02-14T11:14:26.990-05:00Jenni Joyce: "I Fell in Love With This Career More Than I Could Have Ever Imagined."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jiZnzYtMCSE/Vr80OYj1rCI/AAAAAAAAD3s/8gyXdETCe0U/s1600/JenniJoyceInClass01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jiZnzYtMCSE/Vr80OYj1rCI/AAAAAAAAD3s/8gyXdETCe0U/s400/JenniJoyceInClass01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferJoyceFox29/">Jenni Joyce</a> was a child actor, performing on stage from a very young age. That experience set her on the path to the career she has today.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“I was always interested in journalism,” she said. “I was always asking questions.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When she was 16, her singing teacher connected her with <a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/tag/carol-erickson/">Carol Erickson</a>, who was then a weather person at CBS3.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jenni began making weekly trips from her childhood home in <a href="http://east.cherryhill.k12.nj.us/">Cherry Hill</a> to Old City, where <a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/station/cbs-3/">CBS3</a> was located. She made that commute regularly for the next three years until they ultimately hired her.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“I fell in love with this career more than I could have ever imagined,” she said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">By then, she was a broadcast journalism student at Temple. She continued working at CBS3 until she graduated a semester early, in 2006.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She took her first on-air reporting job in The Bronx at <a href="http://bronx.news12.com/">News12</a>. She was a one-man band, showing up at locations in a News 12 Prius with a bunch of equipment – camera, tripod, microphone, etc. She shot and edited video, including stand-ups.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Every day was so exhausting,” she said, noting that one-man band reporters are becoming more and more common in broadcast journalism.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She did stints at <a href="http://local21news.com/">CBS 21</a> in Harrisburg and at <a href="http://6abc.com/">Action News</a>here in Philly before landing at <a href="http://www.fox29.com/">Fox 29</a>. These days, she is a general assignment reporter, filling-in on the anchor desk when needed. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Most days begin with staff meetings, where everyone presents story ideas.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“If you’re not bringing anything to the table, it’s not good,” she said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She reads the local newspapers and websites, follows a lot of social media, connects with various organizations and she looks for national stories that she can put a local spin on.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Eventually people will start coming to you with story ideas,” Jenni said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">For the evening news, she’ll begin gathering interviews and b-roll around 6 pm and then write the script by 8:45. It goes to her director for approval by 8:45 and the photographer begins editing around 9:00. She usually goes live during the 10 pm newscast.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“I love what I do,” she said. “You learn so much about people. You go on adventures with them.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdUwSI8oiUM/Vr80OYe-kEI/AAAAAAAAD3o/xHOPtsNYea4/s1600/JenniJoyceInClass02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdUwSI8oiUM/Vr80OYe-kEI/AAAAAAAAD3o/xHOPtsNYea4/s400/JenniJoyceInClass02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are a few things she said that stood out to me:&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• Finding a good story isn't always easy. Sometimes, you need to pull people aside. "Engage them," Jenni said. "Get to the heart of the story."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• Having good writing skills is crucial to putting a story together. "Writing is everything," she said, and then quoted a former boss, "If you're a good writer, you can go anywhere."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• When she was new to the industry, she would DVR her reports, watch them and critique herself. That's how she improved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• In addition to her on-air reporting and anchoring, she regularly <a href="https://twitter.com/jennijoycetv">tweets</a> and updates her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferJoyceFox29/">Facebook page</a>. Recently, she has been presenting live video feeds via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferJoyceFox29/videos/vb.377657652367466/801988926601001/?type=2&amp;theater">Facebook Mentions</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• Fox 29 is a local news station and they do not have the same political agenda as the Fox Network.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• As a broadcast journalist, your appearance matters. "You have to look put together," Jenni said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• Because she is on television, viewed by thousand of people every evening, she gets recognized, which kind of makes her a celebrity in town. "I really don't think about it," she said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">• As a journalist, she is always working. Everywhere she goes, she's looking for story ideas. But she makes sure to have a personal life. "I make sure to go to happy hour every week," she said. "I need that outlet."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What stood out for you?</div>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-89771023465464838912016-02-03T22:38:00.000-05:002016-02-03T22:38:17.922-05:00Should Student Journalists Fight For or Against The Proposed Stadium?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOFAP5lLqeA/VrLDHgz6h-I/AAAAAAAAD3U/uNhOw1hszns/s1600/TempleNewsStadium020216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOFAP5lLqeA/VrLDHgz6h-I/AAAAAAAAD3U/uNhOw1hszns/s400/TempleNewsStadium020216.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Temple University has proposed building <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2015-10-24/sports/67679974_1_indoor-practice-facility-tdecu-stadium-football-stadium">a new 35,000-seat stadium</a> that will be primarily used for football. It would be located between Broad and 16th streets, along Norris.<br /><br />When rumors of <a href="http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/infographics&amp;id=336278291">the project</a> started floating in the fall, <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/editorial-campus-stadium-local-burden/">The Temple News wrote in an editorial</a>:<br /><i><br /></i><i>"While the prospect of such a landmark building brings students exciting visions of football Saturdays on Main Campus filled with pep-rallies, tailgates and short walks to the game, the reality is that a new stadium would bring much darker conditions to the already tense state of relations between the community, the university and its students."</i><br /><div><br /></div><div>Much of the coverage by the <a href="http://temple-news.com/">independent, student-run news organization</a> has focused on <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/disappointing-dialogue/">the impact of the surrounding community</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Referring to the university president, <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/editorial-campus-stadium-local-burden/">The Temple News wrote</a>:</div><div><br /></div><i>"Theobald cannot claim to have the best interests of the North Philadelphia community in mind while simultaneously campaigning to for a project that will be such a burden for area residents."</i><br /><div><br /></div><div>Should the student newspaper be <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/football-stadium-main-campus-good-idea/">so critical of a proposed project</a> that has yet to fully take shape? Is it their job to <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/stadium-talks-too-segregated/">form an opinion</a> and <a href="http://temple-news.com/opinion/more-than-just-a-football-program/">influence the public</a>?</div><div><br /></div><div>Or should they simply present the information they discover and then present the reaction that follows?</div>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-43811300307734950882016-01-26T02:28:00.001-05:002016-01-26T12:50:30.974-05:00Do Local Television Weather Crews Inflate Numbers to Draw Viewers?<iframe frameborder="0" height="234" src="http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/cnnmoney/2016/01/24/rs-1-24-a-block.cnn" width="416"></iframe><br />CNN meteorologist <a href="https://twitter.com/chadmyerscnn">Chad Myers</a> took some heat (ironically) for saying that news directors at local stations will sometimes tell their weather crews to make forecasts sound more ominous, especially during times of potentially severe storms like this past weekend.<br /><br />"Hey, bump up your numbers a little bit," <a href="https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/691447044569964544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">he said during a live report this weekend</a>,&nbsp;referring to what his former news directors told him. "Make it sound more juicy."<br /><br />On twitter, many meteorologists <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanvaughan/status/691450070898573312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">denied</a> that <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanOnTV/status/691438748748222464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">that happens</a>. An informal <a href="http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/we-want-to-know-has-a-news-director-ever-asked-you-to-bump-up-your-forecast/162386">poll by TVSpy</a> reveals that around 1/3 of voters said that their news directors did give such orders.<br /><br />Who do you believe? Do you trust your local TV news?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-48732653190604905662016-01-19T02:32:00.000-05:002016-01-19T02:32:05.444-05:00Should The News Orgs Do Stories About Their Own Staffers?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UX_wTyLqyF4?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Someone <a href="http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/troll-complains-about-grotesquely-pregnant-okc-meteorologist/160953">harassed a pregnant meteorologist</a> in Oklahoma City on twitter recently:<br /><br />“How much longer till the grotesquely pregnant weather lady goes on leave,” <a href="https://twitter.com/nvrqt/status/681828317511553025">wrote someone using “nvrqt” as their handle</a>. “She covers 1/2 the screen.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9TFYPzxTXxo/Vp3ljBko9PI/AAAAAAAAD24/pggZgR5X9B0/s1600/PhiladelphiaDailyNews_08_23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9TFYPzxTXxo/Vp3ljBko9PI/AAAAAAAAD24/pggZgR5X9B0/s200/PhiladelphiaDailyNews_08_23.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This comes just four months after<a href="http://www.people.com/article/pregnant-newscaster-takes-stand-against-haters">&nbsp;Philadelphia meteorologist Katie Fehlinger experienced the same type of harassment</a>. After appearing on air delivering the weather while pregnant, she found a comment posted to her Facebook wall that said she looked like "sausage in casing." Another commenter said, "Sticking your pregnant abdomen out like that is disgusting."<br /><br />In <a href="https://www.facebook.com/181473545215720/photos/a.272484609447946.85682.181473545215720/1120572401305825/?type=3&amp;theater">a facebook retort</a>, Fehlinger wrote:<br /><br /><i>Frankly, I don't care how "terrible" or "inappropriate" anyone thinks I look. I will gladly gain 50 pounds &amp; suffer sleepless, uncomfortable nights if it means upping my chances to deliver 2 healthy baby girls.</i><br /><i><br /></i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katie-fehlinger/a-pregnant-meteorologists-message-for-the-haters-and-everyone-else_b_8020960.html">News organizations</a> began <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/pregnant-meteorologist-fires-back-body-shamers-article-1.2335385">writing about her reaction</a>.<br /><br />Her own station talked about her pregnancy frequently on air - presenting her situation with the online commenters, <a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/3282843-katie-fehlinger-gives-a-tour-of-her-nursery/">visiting the nursery she set up for the yet-to-be-born twins</a> and then reporting when her twins were actually born.<br /><br />Clearly, being pregnant on air should not evoke such negativity - despite <a href="http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wfld-gm-says-hat-statement-was-poor-judgement/161190">some people suggesting women present themselves in a certain way</a>, regardless of the weather or other factors.<br /><br />But should the station have done stories about their own staffer?<br /><br />First of all, there is a conflict of interest in reporting on your own team. Can you be fair and objective? Second, by doing stories after the hype of her Facebook response, following up with other stories about her pregnancy seems almost exploitative.<br /><br />On the other hand, her response to the online haters evoked a powerful response from viewers. And journalists should be providing information pertaining to what people are interested in, right?<br /><br />Would you do a story about a colleague?Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441166968399353218.post-31323952222345457392016-01-12T03:04:00.001-05:002016-01-12T03:09:18.454-05:00Can the Hollywood Actor Be a Journalist?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e7EDEZXKXGM/VpSuWdieb8I/AAAAAAAAD2M/m9gQ1nLE8HY/s1600/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-spicoli-surfer-dream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e7EDEZXKXGM/VpSuWdieb8I/AAAAAAAAD2M/m9gQ1nLE8HY/s400/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-spicoli-surfer-dream.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The actor&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9huSs0g67c">Sean Penn</a> traveled to the jungle in Mexico to interview a Mexican drug lord named Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who had elaborately tunneled out of prison last summer. Mexican authorities have been hunting for the man better known as El Chapo ever since he escaped.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/el-chapo-speaks-20160109">Penn's story</a> appeared in Rolling Stone this week:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>"I take no pride in keeping secrets that may be perceived as protecting criminals, nor do I have any gloating arrogance at posing for selfies with unknowing security men," Penn wrote. "But I'm in my rhythm. Everything I say to everyone must be true. As true as it is compartmentalized. The trust that El Chapo had extended to us was not to be fucked with. This will be the first interview El Chapo had ever granted outside an interrogation room, leaving me no precedent by which to measure the hazards."</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/world/americas/el-chapo-mexican-drug-lord-interview-with-sean-penn.html?_r=0">The New York Times reported</a> that Rolling Stone made a few concessions to El Chapo as an agreement to do the story: &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>"In a disclosure that ran with the story, Rolling Stone said it had changed some names and withheld some locations. An understanding was reached with Mr. Guzmán, it said, that the story would be submitted for his approval, but he did not request any changes."</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This whole situation raises numerous questions:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Should a journalist do a story with an escaped&nbsp;convict? Or do they have an obligation to provide location and other information to law enforcement?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Should journalists make deals to get stories?&nbsp;Should the magazine have allowed El Chapo&nbsp;the ability to approve the story (or not)? Does the deal undermine the magazine's credibility?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Why send an actor to do the interview? Shouldn't the interview have been performed by <a href="http://www.poynter.org/2016/the-problem-with-rolling-stones-el-chapo-interview-isnt-sean-penn-its-his-editor/391285/">a more seasoned journalist who would have dug deeper into the story of El Chapo</a>?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What do you think?</span></span>Geohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931847026373746798noreply@blogger.com3